Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Ward Joseph Dunbrook

Male 1918 - 2013  (95 years)


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  • Name Ward Joseph Dunbrook 
    Born 1918  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1921  43 Knox Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence 1921  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Roman Catholic 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-379345 
    Died 17 Sep 2013  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried 21 Sep 2013  Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I379345  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Emil J. Dunbrook,   b. 25 Aug 1893, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Aug 1976, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Isabella Maria Voisin,   b. 1895, Formosa, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jun 1977, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 14 Feb 1917  Formosa, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F258707  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Madaline Frances Arnold,   b. 1917,   d. 5 Mar 1999, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Children 
     1. Robert Dunbrook,   b. 14 Nov 1949, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1949, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F258708  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • DUNBROOK, Ward J.

      Passed away peacefully at Trinity Village Care Centre, Kitchener, on Tuesday, September 17, 2013, with his family by his side. Ward Joseph Dunbrook, aged 94 years. Loving father to Nancy and her husband David Cattanach and Bill and his wife Jill all of Waterloo, beloved grandpa to Michael and Jeff Cattanach and Carson and Spencer Dunbrook, brother to Owen and his wife Bette of Kitchener and Cleo Featherstone of London, best friend to Bernie Schilling of Kitchener. Predeceased by his parents Emil Dunbrook and Isabel Voisin and his wife the former Madeline Arnold in 1999, one son Robert, in infancy, in 1949, one brother Jack and one sister Mary Pawelko. Ward was a member of St. Anne's Church and had owned and operated Central Sports and Tobacco Shop Ltd., retiring in 1973. He was a life member of the Pioneer Sportsmen Club, a life member of Waterloo County Revolver Club, a member of the Bamberg Game Farm, the Rockway Golf and Country Club and a 40 year member of the United Commercial Travellers Club. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home , 621 King St. W., Kitchener on Friday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m., where parish prayers will be said at 8: 45 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday at 10: 00 a.m. from St. Anne's Church with Father Peter Meyer officiating. Interment will be in Woodland Cemetery. A reception will be held in the Ratz-Bechtel Family Centre and donations may be made to the Cardiac Unit at St. Mary's Hospital or the K-W Alzheimer Society, as expressions of sympathy through the Funeral Home.

      Waterloo Region Record 19 Sep 2013

  • Sources 
    1. [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 19 Page 9.

    2. [S602] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - The Waterloo Region Record (March 2008- ), Obituary of Ward J. Dunbrook - 19 Sep 2013.

    3. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate.
      Name: Isabella Voisin Age: 21 Birth Year: abt 1896 Birth Place:Formosa Marriage Date:14 Feb 1917 Marriage Place:Bruce, Ontario, Canada Father:John Voisin Mother:Wilhelmina Schill Spouse:Emil Dunbrook

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1918 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1921 - 43 Knox Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 17 Sep 2013 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 21 Sep 2013 - Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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